<p>My daughter’s school had no roommate questionnaire or matching system - it was totally random within the residential community chosen by the student. It worked out O.K. for her and I suspect that if she had been given a questionnaire she would have made herself sound more social than she is (she didn’t fully realize how sheltered before college, but she’s getting the big picture). The university says they did away with the matching system because so many people lied - or perhaps their parents filled out the forms for them.</p>
<p>I think some sort of matching system would have been a good idea - perhaps with the condition that if lifestyle has been grossly misrepresented that you realize you may the one moved to whatever space is available if things don’t work out. As it is, it seems the universal practice is to move the complaining student - who just wants to sleep or study - to whatever broom closet the university has left. Too often this works out to punishing the kids who came to college to study. I think the colleges are lax in aligning their housing policies with their academic purpose.</p>